NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) The deadliest malaria parasite needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit the cells after it multiplies, a finding that may provide researchers with potential new targets for drug development, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health. Their study appears in the latest issue of Science.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news